REAL PAIN IN THE BARCE

Real Madrid’s No.10 would come in as a direct replacement and even take his shirt number.

Los Blancos president, Florentino Perez, will make a final decision over whether he will allow the man he made the third-most expensive player in history when he paid Monaco £63million for his service in 2014, leave in the summer.

Rodriguez has found game time hard to come by at the Bernabeu this season.

Already firmly second choice, Isco’s incredible return to form has seen him fall way down the pecking order.